Jan 13-17

SOCIAL: Here is the video we watched in class on Monday. For Tuesday& Wednesday we will be creating a timeline of the perspectives of First Nations and the Canadian Government. Please use textbook pages # 128-135 to complete this timeline. Please see exemplar on whiteboard and use the rubric provided for guidance.

COLLECTIVE RIGHTS VIDEO

MIDTERM:

Reminder that Tuesday Jan 23rd is their Midterm for Chapters 1-3 in Social. They have been given a study guide to study from as well as their notes and the online textbook.

ELA: Touching Spirit Bear Novel Study

Students have been given their final assignments for the novel study Touching Spirit Bear. Students can choose 1 of the 6 summative tasks to complete. This is due Jan 27th.

Homework for this week:

Students need to have read to the end of Chapter 21 and completed the questions and letter assignments by Friday,  Jan 17th.

9 Math

The current focus is on linear equations. Students should have completed assignments 8.1 #1 and #4,

9 Science

We are continuing to learn about reproduction, genetics and genetic engineering.

Short video on crispr:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbrwPL3wXE

Video on how genetic engineering will change everything:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAhjPd4uNFY

Video on synthetic biology and biobricks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo4BlOeydmI

Students  watched the movie Gattaca and were given an assignment on it. They will be having a debate on the movie and discuss the potential consequences (good and bad) of genetically modifying humans.